101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

97. The Name Game

Background

In developing The Name Game (also known as the Brainwriting Game), Woods (1979)

sought to create an activity that was fun but did not require a high degree of leader or

participant skills. Although this exercise is slightly more complex than other brainwriting

activities, it still is relatively easy to implement.

Objectives

• To help participants generate as many creative ideas as possible


• To help participants learn how to use the activities to generate ideas

Participants

Small groups of four to seven people each

Materials, Supplies, and Equipment

• For each group: markers, two flip charts, and masking tape for posting flip-chart
  sheets


• For each participant: one sheet each of three different colors of sticking dots
  (^1 ⁄ 2 ” diameter) and one pad of 4 x 6 Post-it®Notes


• For each participant: five to ten pennies (or poker chips)

Time

60 minutes

Related Activities

• Get Real!! [60]


• Brain Purge [82]


• Altered States [91]

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